OSHA Inspection: EDGE CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2017-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $4437.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    On or about April 24, 2017, employees installing floor sheathing on the second floor of a residential home at a height greater than six feet were doing so without fall protection.